National Cancer Control Month, 2014

Vol. 79

Friday,

No. 65

April 4, 2014

Part III

The President

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Proclamation 9093--National Cancer Control Month, 2014

Proclamation 9094--National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2014

Proclamation 9095--National Donate Life Month, 2014

Proclamation 9096--National Financial Capability Month, 2014

Proclamation 9097--National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention
Month, 2014

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 9093 of March 31, 2014

National Cancer Control Month, 2014

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Over the past two decades, our Nation has achieved
great progress in the fight against cancer. Americans
have better tools to decrease their risk, and medical
advances have made many forms of cancer more
preventable, detectable, and treatable than ever.
Despite these strides, cancer remains the second
leading cause of death in our country. During National
Cancer Control Month, we redouble our efforts to boost
awareness, improve care, and help more Americans win
their battles against cancer.

While it is impossible to completely eliminate the risk
of cancer, we can take action to reduce our chances of
developing this disease. Not smoking, eating a healthy
diet rich in fruit and vegetables, getting regular
exercise, and limiting alcohol consumption and sun
exposure can decrease the risk of certain cancers while
also keeping us healthy day-to-day. A half century
after the Surgeon General's landmark Report on Smoking
and Health, our Nation has cut tobacco use rates in
half. Yet smoking still causes one out of three cancer
deaths. For advice on how to quit smoking, visit
BeTobaccoFree.gov or SmokeFree.gov, or call 1-800-QUIT-
NOW. I also encourage Americans to go to www.Cancer.gov
for more information on cancer prevention.

Because the best way to beat many forms of this disease
is to catch the cancer in its early stages, my
Administration has taken steps to make cancer
screenings more available and affordable. The
Affordable Care Act requires most insurance plans to
cover recommended preventive services, like cancer
screenings, at no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. It
also bans discrimination against people with pre-
existing conditions, including cancer, and eliminates
lifetime and annual dollar limits on key benefits.
Thanks to this law, millions of Americans now have
access to affordable health insurance--many of them for
the first time. In addition to expanding access to
health care, we are investing in promising medical
research. Each year, we devote billions of dollars
toward investigating causes of cancer and unlocking
better prevention, detection, and treatment methods.

This month, let us renew our push to defeat cancer,
honor those we have lost, lend our support to
survivors, and bring new hope to all those struggling
with this disease.

The Congress of the United States, by joint resolution
approved March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148; 36 U.S.C. 103),
as amended, has requested the President to issue an
annual proclamation declaring April as ``Cancer Control
Month.''

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim April 2014
as National Cancer Control Month. I encourage citizens,
government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit
organizations, and other interested groups to join in
activities that will increase awareness of what
Americans can do to prevent and control cancer.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
eighth.